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4 Responses to “A Chemical Reaction”

1. 

   linda
   

   01. Jul, 2009

   Fantabulous!!!

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   Susie Collins
   

   01. Jul, 2009

   One person CAN make a difference! Love how they labeled her crazy. She’s more sane than all of us put together. Dr. June Irwin is my new hero.

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   Susan
   

   07. Jul, 2009

   I can’t wait to see this documentary. We need you in Tallahassee, FL Dr. June Irwin! People with symptoms that appear related to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) or Gulf War Syndrome are being written off as psychiatric patients or worse they have been involuntarily placed in a mental health facility short-term under The Baker Act. I know this, because I am an RN who has assessed many of these patients.

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   Susie Collins
   

   07. Jul, 2009

   Susan, this is so sad. It’s a horrible experience for people who are suffering so greatly with MCS not to be taken seriously in their complaints. And then adding insult to injury, to be labeled as having psychological problems.

   But some good news on the global front: Germany and Austria have just stricken any reference of MCS as a psychological disorder from their official classification of the illness. And although in the US there is a strong lobby from insurance and chemical industries to keep MCS labeled as psychosomatic in origin, the scientific literature is slowly chipping away at that position, most notably in the field of toxicology.

   The full and undisputed recognition of MCS as a physiological illness triggered by toxic chemicals is taking much too long in my opinion, but in the Big Picture, I do see larger trends moving in our favor to that end.

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